tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1538918 2009-07-08T14:03:57-06:00 TypePad CbaIndustryBloghttp://feedburner.google.com tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54fa1d6f38833011570e7c96c970c 2009-07-08T14:03:57-06:00 2009-07-08T14:06:44-06:00

There are years when planning for the International Christian Retail Show takes precedence over all other job responsibilities here at CBA. This has been one of those years – not just for me but for everyone on staff. The need to have a trade show that delivers tangible take-aways and finely tuned business solutions is one of the driving forces behind why prepping for ICRS has taken over our daily calendars leading up to the industry’s largest event. Dean Edwards,...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CbaIndustryBlog/~4/mWGAf1IYImE" height="1" width="1"/>

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In correlation with the April CBA Retailers+Resources feature articles on entertainment today, CBA has created a Top Ten list of Music Best Practices. Focusing on keeping the right business practices in music is crucial right now. It is often easy to divert one’s attention to so many different directions as a retailer, and one way the symptoms of this lack of focus show up is in declining music sales for stores. By keeping focused and implementing even just a few...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CbaIndustryBlog/~4/YriA0WekMlU" height="1" width="1"/>

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With the whirlwind of the holidays and 2008 behind us now, we’re relaunching the CBA Industry Blog with a whole new strategy and vision. For the year ahead, here’s a sneak peak at where we’re headed and why you – our readers – are more important to us than ever before… New success stories from within the Christian retail industry Few things help more than hearing from others in your same position what they’re doing to succeed these days. We’ll...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CbaIndustryBlog/~4/sqXhj7FHrMk" height="1" width="1"/>

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DeeperCalling Media, LLC, reported a network-wide sales increase of 180% over the same sales figures last year across all their stores for CyberMonday. A CBA-member store with a brick-and-mortar location along with an online store saw a 344% increase in their online sales. Some brick-and-mortar stores far exceeded the 180% average sales increase by seeing online sales increases of as much as 4,672% over last year’s figures. Bill Goodyear, VP of product development at DeeperCalling, believes that there are still...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CbaIndustryBlog/~4/lwHtA8bTyoE" height="1" width="1"/>

CBA http://cbablog.typepad.com/cba/2008/12/cybermonday-sales-up-180-for-some-stores-.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-58996010 2008-11-24T16:13:42-07:00 2008-11-24T16:13:42-07:00

Coupons are cool again, according to the latest WSL Strategic Retail: How America Shops Everyday Pulse. Of all the consumers surveyed in this report, a full 52% of them said they are proud of the little ways they can save money, such as clipping and using coupons they have found both online and in circulars. While coupons and other cost-savings techniques like cooking at home and not going out as often seem reminiscent of something a 1960s housewife might do,...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CbaIndustryBlog/~4/T0U7-SHg3SY" height="1" width="1"/>

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